Used Vehicle Acquisition Specialist

Posted 22 Days Ago
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24019, Roanoke, VA, USA
In-Office
36K-36K Annually
Entry level
Automotive • Professional Services • Retail • Transportation
The Role
Prospect and acquire used vehicles by contacting owners, conducting vehicle walkarounds, gathering condition and history, coordinating appraisals and offers, negotiating purchases, maintaining prospect pipeline, recording interactions, and working with sales, service, and used-vehicle teams to meet inventory needs.
Summary Generated by Built In
Dealership:L0599 Priority Honda Roanoke

Priority Honda Roanoke

Turn Conversations Into Inventory: Join Priority Honda Roanoke as a Used Vehicle Acquisition Specialist
  • Pay: $3000 monthly base with performance bonuses

Why Join Our Team?

Priority Honda Roanoke is part of the Priority Auto Group and the broader Lithia & Driveway family. Lithia & Driveway is a Fortune 500 company and describes itself as the largest automotive retailer in North America, with career opportunities across sales, service, finance, technology, and corporate operations.

Lithia & Driveway brings together a nationwide dealership network with digital capabilities that allow customers to buy, sell, and finance vehicles online. Its mission,“Growth Powered by People,” reflects the organization's focus on developing employees while improving the customer experience in-store, online, or through a combination of both.

What You'll Do

  • Proactively identify vehicles that meet the dealership's inventory needs
  • Contact customers through phone, email, text, digital leads, service-lane activity, and other approved prospecting channels
  • Build relationships with owners who are considering selling or trading their vehicles
  • Conduct vehicle walkarounds and gather accurate information about condition, mileage, features, ownership, and service history
  • Partner with dealership leadership to obtain vehicle appraisals and develop competitive purchase offers
  • Clearly explain the acquisition process and guide customers through the required documentation
  • Negotiate professionally while protecting dealership standards and profitability
  • Maintain an organized pipeline of prospects and follow-up activity
  • Record customer interactions, appointments, and results in dealership systems
  • Work closely with the sales, service, business development, and used-vehicle teams
  • Monitor the local market and help identify high-demand makes, models, and inventory opportunities
  • Deliver a transparent, efficient experience that encourages customers to return and refer others

What You'll Bring

  • Strong communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills
  • A proactive, self-directed approach to prospecting and follow-up
  • Comfort making outbound calls and initiating conversations with prospective sellers
  • Ability to manage multiple leads and priorities in a fast-paced dealership environment
  • Customer-service, retail, automotive, business development, or sales experience preferred
  • Familiarity with CRM, appraisal, or automotive retail systems is a plus
  • Professional appearance and a positive, team-oriented attitude
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Valid driver's license and an acceptable driving record
  • Ability to meet applicable pre-employment requirements

Total Rewards

The Salary for this position is $3000 per month, with bonuses based on units

Actual pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge, and physical location. Final compensation will be established through the interview process in accordance with applicable pay equity and transparency laws.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family, including:

  • Competitive pay
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
  • Paid Holidays & PTO
  • Short and Long-Term Disability
  • Paid Life Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Lithia Learning Center
  • Vehicle Purchase Discounts
  • Wellness Programs

Additional information about our Total Rewards benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at www.totalrewards.lithiadriveway.com.

About Us

At Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) our success is fueled by our high performing teams delivering Auto Done Easy for our customers. We create simple, transparent, and convenient customer experiences throughout the vehicle-ownership lifecycle by leveraging our hundreds of store locations and our key adjacencies - Driveway, DFC, and GreenCars. We've built a retail model that champions entrepreneurial leadership, Growth Powered by People, and a strategy that creates possibilities and pushes us to reach our potential.

High School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required. We are a drug-free workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity (regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status). We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

Skills Required

  • Strong communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills
  • Proactive, self-directed prospecting and follow-up
  • Comfort making outbound calls and initiating seller conversations
  • Ability to manage multiple leads and priorities in a fast-paced dealership
  • Professional appearance and a positive, team-oriented attitude
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record
  • Ability to meet applicable pre-employment requirements (e.g., drug screen)
  • Customer-service, retail, automotive, business development, or sales experience
  • Familiarity with CRM, appraisal, or automotive retail systems
  • Experience conducting vehicle walkarounds and gathering vehicle condition and history

Lithia Motors, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Lithia Motors, Inc. and has not been reviewed or approved by Lithia Motors, Inc..

  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Sales-driven roles at busy stores can deliver good pay with a decent bonus structure, and commission-heavy plans reward volume. A “create your own paycheck” dynamic is described when hustle and long hours coincide with strong store traffic.
  • Healthcare Strength The core package includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and an EAP, with wellness resources, on-site clinics in select areas, and telemedicine highlighted. Discounts and employee pricing complement the benefits portfolio and bolster overall wellbeing support.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) plan with company match and auto-enrollment is emphasized on benefits materials, with defined vesting and savings tools. Retirement programs are positioned as a core element of total compensation.

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The Company
HQ: Medford, OR
30,000 Employees

What We Do

Lithia Motors, Inc. is a nationwide automotive dealership group that provides vehicle sales, automotive repair, and financing services across hundreds of locations.

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